American Tract Society

American Tract Society
The American Tract Society (ATS), founded in 1825, is a non-denominational organization dedicated to publishing and distributing Christian literature. It has produced religious tracts, pamphlets, and books aimed at spreading the gospel, with a focus on evangelism and spiritual education. Notable publications include "The Dairyman's Daughter" and "The Pilgrim's Progress," which played a significant role in shaping American religious thought during the 19th century. The society continues its mission today, adapting to modern formats while maintaining its commitment to Christian outreach.

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. MY DEAR CHILDREN,—All of you who read this little book have doubtless heard more or less of slavery. You know it is the system by which a portion of our people hold their fellow-creatures as property, and doom them to perpetual servitude. It is a hateful and accursed institution, which God can not look upon but with abhorrence, and which no one of his children should for a... more...

By ardent spirits, I mean those liquors only which are obtained by distillation from fermented substances of any kind. To their effects upon the bodies and minds of men, the following inquiry shall be exclusively confined. The effects of ardent spirits divide themselves into such as are of a prompt, and such as are of a chronic nature. The former discover themselves in drunkenness; and the latter in a... more...

Scenes In Switzerland. Time flies swiftly when we are sightseeing; and it was late in the autumn of 18— when I reached Lindau. Lake Constance lay before me, a pale, green sheet of water, hemmed in on the south by bold mountain ranges, filling the interim between the Rhine valley and the long undulating ridges of the Canton Thurgau. These heights, cleft at intervals by green smiling valleys and deep... more...